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Galway Hurling thread - 3 Like(s)
Replying To Pulllowpullhigh2: "Time for management to start looking outside their own clubs
5 x Clarinbridge
5 x Turloughmore
1 x Meelick Eyrecourt
1 x Padraig Peares
That's a total of 12 players directly related to the management team, plenty more players out there to be looking at" Aaah we're back. easy know the winter is in when this starts up. why don't you tell us which of those players shouldn't be on the panel?
Of the Bridge players, I presume you're not talking about Ryan, Lee or Niland. Evan Niland saw a lot more action under previous managements and TJ Brennan has been in since Shane O'Neills time so no bias there.
Trayers and Daithi are mainstays, Dan Loftus again one of the best corner backs in the club championship this year. Sean Linnane has been around for donkeys years and imo has probably seen his best days with Galway pass, but 50/50 call if he's worth a spot. Cillian Whelan is 22 and I'd have him on the panel, you might disagree but hardly egregious.
Meelick eyrecourt is Fleming, well worth a place and close to being a starter.
Don't think there was any Pearases player on the panel last year. Jonah Donnelan called in maybe? What's the issue there?
Overdahill (National) - 10/11/2026 11:43:51
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Dublin GAA thread - 1 Like(s)
I see BK are yet again looking for a new manager…..
Unfortunately, the players just aren't there to win the Dublin SFC, currently.
The golden generation the club had a few years ago might never happen again and tbh they underachieved in Dublin, but the exertions of our county players had a major influence on that. They were goosed by the time the club championship came around.
At one stage there were 8 BK players in the Dublin panel. Phenomenal.
Fionn (National) - 10/11/2026 09:01:40
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Westmeath Hurling thread - 1 Like(s)
Replying To keeper7: "Any result yet?" Colaiste Mhuire Mullingar 5-33-0-05 Colaiste Eoin Stillorgan, Leinster A schools result.
Dheen (National) - 10/11/2026 14:22:41
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Leitrim GAA thread - 1 Like(s)
i see the U20 finals are just being played this weekend, what a crazy situation the county board have brought onto this competition playing the finals 5-6 months after the competition started. i believe there was a proposal brought to county board convention last year to play it this time of year and was shot down by board members. numerous games conceded and teams pulling out in the summer. county board have made a farce of it.
meathbasedfan (National) - 10/11/2026 12:53:25
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Galway Football thread - 1 Like(s)
Wins listed by county
# County Connacht Titles Runners-up Last provincial winners
1 Galway clubs 21 14 Moycullen, 2022
2 Roscommon clubs 17 12 St. Brigid's, 2025
3 Mayo clubs 16 17 Castlebar Mitchels, 2015
4 Sligo clubs 4 7 Coolera/Strandhill, 2024
5 Leitrim clubs 0 8
Pretty even spread amongst the top 3. You would expect Mayo to be out performing Roscommon given its size.
fantasybrown (National) - 10/11/2026 12:00:56
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Westmeath Hurling thread - 1 Like(s)
Replying To keeper7: "Mullingar CBS playing Coláiste Eoin from Dublin today in Leinster championship?" Team. 1. Niall Brady 2. Cian Matthews 3. Ted Aherne 4. Sean Byrne 5. Aaron Connaire 6. MJ Long 7. Eoghan Goldrick 8. Rhys Brady 9. Conor Cleary (c) 10. Hugo Coroon 11. Conor Williams 12. Podge Monaghan 13. Aidan Doyle 14. Conor Raleigh 15. Conor Maleadey.. 13 of them WH minor hurlers from last 2 years and other 2 were Minor footballers. 16. Ryan McNamee 17. Mossie Brennan 18. Ciaran Casserly 19. Eoghan Daly 20. Luke Dowling 21. Cathal Flanagan 22. Liam Heffernan 23. Ben Loughlin 24. Fionn Kelly 25. Geroid McCabe 26. Eoin McGrath 27. Jack McGuiness 28. Cian O Mara 29. Oisin Muiri 30. Luke Ward - strong bench too
WHfan (National) - 10/11/2026 11:40:55
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Donegal GAA thread - 1 Like(s)
Replying To WeGoAgain: "One bad championship doesn't mean the bubble is burst. You could end up being right but I'll tell you something, there aren't many county panels out there better than ours. We left an all ireland behind us 2 years ago and that was without murphy and roarty. A lot will depend on injuries, a bit of luck etc, same as everyone but there isnt a team in the country we can't beat on any given day. Same goes for a few other counties. The team looked jaded late this year but I expect they'll have a point to prove next year and less focus on Kerry." Yeah it's not like we're destined to drop to TC football or anything...
a quick stab at a starting 15 for next year.
1. Patton.
2. Ban Gallagher
3. McCole
4. Mogan
5. McHugh
6. McGonigle
7. McColgan
8. McGee
9. Langan
10. Thompson
11. S O'Donnell
12. Moore
13. C O'Donnell
14. Gallen
15. Malone
then you still have the likes of Hugh McFadden, Daire O'Baoill, Max Campbell, McCahill, Martin, Curran and others who have been added to the panel. We'll still be well able to give any team a good game on our day.
Lockjaw (National) - 10/11/2026 10:29:23
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Galway Football thread - 1 Like(s)
Replying To Dmoa95: "That was taken from the post-Corofin dominance period. Regardless, your point is valid at senior level: Mayo champions have vastly underperformed outside the province over the past 10 years.
I do think Castlebar will be one of the stronger sides this year, though. I'm also not convinced Salthill-Knocknacarra will be as strong as some of the previous Galway representatives. That's just my opinion.
Brigid's are clearly the team to beat, and I don't think there'll be a huge amount between Castlebar and Salthill. However, that could end up being largely irrelevant, as I think Brigid's are a good bit ahead of both." Mayo club champions have been extremely poor in Connacht at senior and intermediate level recently.
No senior win since castlebar in 2015 and only one intermediate winner since Westport in 2016. Our junior champions usually perform well in fairness.
Also only 2 connacht championship wins at intercounty level over the last 11 years. Galway have 6 and Roscommon 3 over the same period. It's a good job winning Sam makes us forget about that!
MayoDan (National) - 10/11/2026 10:20:02
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Westmeath Hurling thread - 1 Like(s)
Mullingar CBS playing Coláiste Eoin from Dublin today in Leinster championship?
keeper7 (National) - 10/11/2026 09:55:20
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Galway Football thread - 1 Like(s)
Replying To Dmoa95: "That was taken from the post-Corofin dominance period. Regardless, your point is valid at senior level: Mayo champions have vastly underperformed outside the province over the past 10 years.
I do think Castlebar will be one of the stronger sides this year, though. I'm also not convinced Salthill-Knocknacarra will be as strong as some of the previous Galway representatives. That's just my opinion.
Brigid's are clearly the team to beat, and I don't think there'll be a huge amount between Castlebar and Salthill. However, that could end up being largely irrelevant, as I think Brigid's are a good bit ahead of both." Personally, I think the three best Galway teams - Corofin, Moycullen and Salthill/Knocknacarra - would win Mayo handy enough.
TanCanRan (National) - 10/11/2026 09:53:55
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Galway Football thread - 1 Like(s)
Replying To Dmoa95: "I think 6 years is a good enough sample size to look at where both club championships are at in these counties, so lets look at All Ireland Junior, Intermediate and Senior men's football winners since Covid.
2020 - 2026 - Junior: Galway 1 - Mayo 1
2020 - 2026 - Intermediate: Galway 0 - Mayo 1
2020 - 2026 - Senior: Galway 0 - Mayo 0" That's 5 years, since there was no championship in 2020. Nicely cuts out Oughterard's All-Ireland which was actually in early 2020.
The argument was in relation to Castlebar and Salthill, which is senior and Mayo's record provincially at that level is very poor, whether it's the last 5 or 10 years.
I expect Castlebar to be an improvement on the last number of champions, but as was said above it's still difficult to get a read on them until they play either Brigid's or Salthill.
WanPintWin (National) - 09/11/2026 16:15:31
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Galway Hurling thread - 1 Like(s)
Replying To ColmFlaherty: "In terms of new players that could get a call up in senior there's Ronan Murphy and Ryan Howley are 2 who come to mind with possibly Ian McGlynn and Conor Dolphin from Intermediate" Time for management to start looking outside their own clubs
5 x Clarinbridge
5 x Turloughmore
1 x Meelick Eyrecourt
1 x Padraig Peares
That's a total of 12 players directly related to the management team, plenty more players out there to be looking at
Pulllowpullhigh2 (National) - 10/11/2026 08:59:48
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Galway Football thread - 1 Like(s)
Replying To fairplay4ever: "i was told at the time that Dexcom wanted it known as Dexcom stadium and drop the Pearse which understandably was a line county board felt they couldnt cross." That's fair enough. Worked out well in the end.
Kew (National) - 10/11/2026 00:50:15
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Roscommon GAA thread - 1 Like(s)
Replying To Ros13: "u20 Results
Division 2 QF's
Western Gaels 1-04 - 3-09 Brigids
Elphin/Ballinameen 0-12 - 0-16 Pearses
Division 3 QF's
Michaels/Ronans win as Strokestown conceded
Faithleachs 1-08 - 3-13 Boye
Tulsk 0-15 - 2-11 Dominics B
u20 Fixtures This Weekend
Division 1 QF
Roscommon Gaels vs Castlerea - Sunday 1pm @ Lisnamult
Clann vs Oran/Croans - Sunday 1pm @ Johnstown
Division 3 SF
St Ciarans vs Boyle - Sunday 1.30pm @ Fuerty
Michaels/Ronans vs Dominics B - Sunday 2pm @ Ardcarne Park
Junior B SF
Clann C vs Castlerea B didn't go ahead on Saturday as the pitch wasn't lined! No date set for refixture yet.
Aidans B vs Glaveys B - Thursday week (12th Nov) 8pm @ Lisnamult" u20 Division 1 QF's
Roscommon Gaels 1-12 - 0-06 Castlerea
Clann 0-7 - 2-12 Oran/Croans
u20 Division 3 SF's
St Ciarans 3-10 - 1-14 Boyle
Michaels/Ronans 3-18 - 0-08 Dominics B
Fixtures This Weekend
u20 Division 1 SF
Oran/Croans vs Dominics - Sunday 2pm @ Rockfield
Kilmore/Shannon Gaels vs Roscommon Gaels - Sunday 2pm @ Croghan
u20 Division 2 QF's
Kilglass/Barrys vs Aidans - Saturday 6pm @ Tarmonbarry
Kilbride vs Glaveys/Eire Og - Sunday 1pm @ Kilbride
Junior B SF's
Aidans B vs Glaveys B - Thursday 8pm @ Lisnamult
Clann C vs Castlerea B - Saturday 4pm @ Kilbride
Ros13 (National) - 09/11/2026 20:09:16
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Galway Football thread - 1 Like(s)
Replying To fairplay4ever: "i was told at the time that Dexcom wanted it known as Dexcom stadium and drop the Pearse which understandably was a line county board felt they couldnt cross." Agree with them on that. Changing stadium names which are named after important historical figures is a different issue than renaming something more generic like the Gaelic Grounds or Athletic Grounds.
WanPintWin (National) - 09/11/2026 19:19:46
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Galway Football thread - 1 Like(s)
Replying To WanPintWin: "That's 5 years, since there was no championship in 2020. Nicely cuts out Oughterard's All-Ireland which was actually in early 2020.
The argument was in relation to Castlebar and Salthill, which is senior and Mayo's record provincially at that level is very poor, whether it's the last 5 or 10 years.
I expect Castlebar to be an improvement on the last number of champions, but as was said above it's still difficult to get a read on them until they play either Brigid's or Salthill." That was taken from the post-Corofin dominance period. Regardless, your point is valid at senior level: Mayo champions have vastly underperformed outside the province over the past 10 years.
I do think Castlebar will be one of the stronger sides this year, though. I'm also not convinced Salthill-Knocknacarra will be as strong as some of the previous Galway representatives. That's just my opinion.
Brigid's are clearly the team to beat, and I don't think there'll be a huge amount between Castlebar and Salthill. However, that could end up being largely irrelevant, as I think Brigid's are a good bit ahead of both.
Dmoa95 (National) - 09/11/2026 19:08:30
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Leitrim GAA thread - 1 Like(s)
Crossed the bridge yesterday to take in Salthill v Ballinamore. Have to say , that is as good a club team to come out of Leitrim in a good few years. From 1 to 15, they were not out of their depth and subs that came in were strong. I thought McGovern at midfield was excellent as was McBrien at centre back. Honeyman was a huge loss in the closing minutes when they needed all hands on deck. Salthill have good forwards and managed to score each time Ballinamore drew level or got close. They are weaker at the back and for that reason I think Brigids will be 5 or 6 points the better team. But well done Ballinamore
tommyc (National) - 09/11/2026 17:29:41
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Galway Football thread - 1 Like(s)
Replying To Kew: "Why did they reject dexcom ?" i was told at the time that Dexcom wanted it known as Dexcom stadium and drop the Pearse which understandably was a line county board felt they couldnt cross.
fairplay4ever (National) - 09/11/2026 16:55:07
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Galway Football thread - 1 Like(s)
Replying To Kew: "Why did they reject dexcom ?" Did they reject Dexcom? Haven't seen that reported anywhere.
If you know they did, you'd probably have a better chance of finding out why, than most people here.
WanPintWin (National) - 09/11/2026 16:24:50
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